{"id":1198,"date":"2018-12-14T08:28:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T14:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lexingtonhomeschicago.wordpress.com\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2018-12-14T08:28:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T14:28:34","slug":"why-oak-park-top-features-of-a-town-thats-been-rated-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/why-oak-park-top-features-of-a-town-thats-been-rated-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Oak Park? Top Features of a Town that\u2019s Been Rated \u201cBest\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Oak Park is a Chicagoland treasure, and has long been considered an incredible place to live. Lexington is excited to be building new 3-4 bedroom townhomes at Lexington Reserve at Oak Park, walking distance from its vibrant downtown. Residents are going to love the unique opportunity for new construction living in this classic highly-rated community. Oak Park has consistently made \u201ctop\u201d lists by heavy hitters, including the following past awards and rankings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">A+ Ranking on Niche.com<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">#3 Neighborhood in the US, American Planning Association<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">20 Best Towns and Neighborhoods in Chicago and the suburbs, Chicago Magazine<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Best Place in the Midwest for the Rich and Single, CNN Money.com<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Top 10 Place to Raise a Family in the US, Livability Magazine<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Top 5 Sexiest Suburbs in the US, The View<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1199\" src=\"http:\/\/lexington-staging.graphiclanguage.net\/about\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-14-at-8.25.31-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-12-14 at 8.25.31 AM\" width=\"800\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-14-at-8.25.31-AM.png 800w, https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-14-at-8.25.31-AM-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-14-at-8.25.31-AM-768x420.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">But what makes the town so great? We can check more \u201ctop\u201d rankings to find out. It might be the people\u2014intelligence and creativity reign in the town:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">Top 10 Creative Class Locales in the Chicago Area, Atlantic Cities census data<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Top 20 most Educated Places in the US, Nerdwallet.com<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">A+ Rated Public Schools, Niche.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">What specifically could be getting all this attention in the town? Maybe all the top-rated dining, shopping, and things to do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">The Book Table, rated Best Bookstore in Chicagoland by Chicago Reader<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Trends, rated Best Consignment Store in Chicago by Racked.com and Best Shops for Discounted Designer Purchases in Chicago by CBS Chicago<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Michelin Guide recommendation Sen Sushi Bar<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Chicagoland\u2019s oldest ice cream parlor, Petersen\u2019s Ice Cream<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Nearby Berwyn\u2019s award winning Autre Monde restaurant<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Best Travel Finds of 2014 as a bucket list place to visit, Redbook<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Home to both the Ernest Hemingway Birthplace and Museum and the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">These are just a few of the many things that make Oak Park great. Interested in checking out Lexington Reserve at Oak Park, beginning in the $450s? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/illinois\/oak-park\/lexington-reserve-at-oak-park\/welcome\">Visit the community<\/a> to secure your home today before they are gone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oak Park is a Chicagoland treasure, and has long been&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,27],"tags":[220],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}